Brush



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A. E. MAGORIS.

BRUSH.

52 ,730. Patented Nov. 6, 1894 THE NORRIS PETERS no, FHOTO-UIHO..wgaummou. n. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

ANTHONEY E. MAGORIS, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 528,730, dated November6,- 1894.

Application filed May 10, 1894. Serial 110.510,?5'7- (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONEY E. MA: GORIS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object the provision of a brush possessingthe qualities of flexibility, lightness, ease of cleansing by beingboiled or washed in any of the known ways of purifying heavy fabrics, aswell as devising a novel method of constructing the same, wherebycontinuous fibers are used and attached to a flexible back of the samesubstance as the fibers which form the tufts, or of any other suitablematerial. 7

In constructing a brush in accordance with the principles of myinvention the fibers designed to form the bristles or brush surface arearranged in parallel relation and attached to a back of suitablematerial by parallel rows of stitches or fastenings, the fibers beinglooped between the double rows of stitches or fastenings to provide thetufts which are formed by cutting through the ends of the loops. A brushconstructed in this manner will have the fastenings or stitchesintermediate the ends of the fibers forming the tufts or bristles.

The improvement will be more particularly set forth hereinafter anddesignated in the claims and is illustrated in the annexed drawings, inwhich K Figure 1 is a perspective view of a brush constructed inaccordance with and embodying the essential principles of the invention,and Fig. 2, is a section showing the several steps.

The fibers used are preferably vegetable, and may be selected from anyof the well known plants or growths, such as hemp, jute, cactus, manila,850.

In carrying out the invention a suitable back J is provided. The fibersm are arranged in parallel relation, preferably the full width of thebrush to be produced are first stitched at one end to the back as shownat 2, one or more rows of stitching being provided to insure stabilityto the device. Then the fibers are looped as shown at a and againsecured to the back by stitching. This process is repeated until theproper length of brush is attained; or, long strips may be provided andsubsequently cut up into desired lengths. Theloops are subsequently cutthrough forming the tufts or bristles B.

The back may be a mat of the same material as the fibers, or of ducking,canvas, or, in fact, any textile fabric.

The brush may be bound and finished in any desired manner andprovidedwith a loop K to secure it to the hand when in use.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein described process of forming a brush which consists insecuring fibers arranged in a parallel relation to a back by par-ANTHONEY E. MAGORIS.

Witnesses:

MINNIE HENLEY, HERBERT W. KNIGHT.

